Los Fuegos by Francis Mallmann

Los Fuegos sits inside the Faena Hotel in Miami Beach, and the entrance does half the selling before a single plate arrives: gilded details on the way in, a red carpet, leopard print booths, a chandelier built for a finale. It's a lot of room to live up to.

The kitchen doesn't match that energy evenly. The meal swings between sharp and sloppy course to course, and some of what lands on the table feels like an afterthought next to the spectacle around it. But the fire-cooked meats hold up on their own terms — real technique, real flavor, the one part of the night that justifies the trip regardless of how the rest of service is running.

Michelin selected Los Fuegos for its 2026 Miami guide, recognition for a kitchen that can cook meat as well as anyone working a room full of marble and gold. Go for the protein. Treat everything else, including the mammoth skeleton down the hall, as the show it's dressed up to be.